Triple

T2676852
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thornton Wilder E56480 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Thornton
Thornton is a masculine given name most famously borne by American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder.
E288389 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Thornton | Statement: [Thornton Wilder, givenName, Thornton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thornton
Context triple: [Thornton Wilder, givenName, Thornton]
  • A. Thornton
    Thornton is the surname of Terrence LeVarr Thornton, better known as Pusha T, an American rapper and record executive.
  • B. Thornton
    Thornton is a village in Fife, Scotland, known historically for its coal mining and rail junction and now as a small residential community near Glenrothes.
  • C. Thornton
    Thornton is a suburban city in the Denver metropolitan area of Colorado, known for its planned residential communities and rapid population growth.
  • D. Thornton
    Thornton is a residential and industrial suburb in the Maitland local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
  • E. Ashton
    Ashton is a masculine given name of English origin that has become well known through figures such as actor and entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Thornton
Triple: [Thornton Wilder, givenName, Thornton]
Generated description
Thornton is a masculine given name most famously borne by American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thornton
Target entity description: Thornton is a masculine given name most famously borne by American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder.
  • A. Thornton
    Thornton is the surname of Terrence LeVarr Thornton, better known as Pusha T, an American rapper and record executive.
  • B. Thornton
    Thornton is a village in Fife, Scotland, known historically for its coal mining and rail junction and now as a small residential community near Glenrothes.
  • C. Thornton
    Thornton is a suburban city in the Denver metropolitan area of Colorado, known for its planned residential communities and rapid population growth.
  • D. Thornton
    Thornton is a residential and industrial suburb in the Maitland local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
  • E. Ashton
    Ashton is a small village in the town of Cumberland in Providence County, Rhode Island, known for its historic mill district along the Blackstone River.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69ab4a4b13fc81909dfdb3f23da46832 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd9b4a70481909d8b8242039c1cf2 completed March 7, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afa065a6f48190973a3b6c52aa23bf completed March 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afa1c4d33c8190b8efa8c1dac0772f completed March 10, 2026, 4:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afa24388f48190854fdbac52ee8a03 completed March 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:54 p.m.